The other fellows were most of them loafing about on the far side of the gravel yard, where the marble holes were; so we managed to make our escape pretty easily, and found ourselves at length standing on the breezy heath.

Once there, Smith's whole manner changed to one of wild delight.

The sense of freedom seemed to intoxicate him, and the infection seized me too.

We scampered about in a perfectly ridiculous manner; up hills and down hollows, leaping over bushes, chasing one another, and, in fact, behaving exactly like two kids (as we were), suddenly let loose from confinement.
"I say," said I, all out of breath, "suppose we run clean away, Smith ?" Smith pulled up in the middle of a scamper, and looked up and down on every side.

Then the old solemn look came as he replied, "Where to, that's it ?" "Oh, Brownstroke, if you like; or your home.